Books: Good Books: Apr. 28, 1923

The following estimates of books most in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion:

IMPROMPTU—Elliot H. Paul—-Knopf ($2.00). The author of that promising first novel Indelible, now living in Boston, here writes a novel of disillusionment and revolt, but without sensationalism or coarseness. The figure of the hero is weak and unsympathetic, but Mr. Paul manages the unpleasantness of his plot with reserve and pity. The story tells the history of a tormented and afraid young man who runs away to war, and returns, the victim...

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